Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1678
Legislation Overview
Title: School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household.
Description: School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of prescription drugs and firearms in the household. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a policy to require the annual notification of the parent of each student enrolled in the local school division, to be sent by email and, if applicable, SMS text message within 30 calendar days succeeding the first day of each school year, of (i) the importance of securely storing any prescription drug, as defined in relevant law, present in the household and (ii) the parent's legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household. The bill requires each school board to make such parental notification available in multiple languages on its website. This bill is identical to SB 1048.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Last Action Date: February 18, 2025
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Laura Jane Cohen (D); Nadarius Clark (D); Karen Keys-Gamarra (D); Atoosa Reaser (D); Jackie Glass (D); Michelle Maldonado (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 6% (6 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 18, 2025 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on (date) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 | |
| Senate | Feb 15, 2025 | Signed by President |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Enrolled |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Signed by Speaker |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1678) |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1678ER) |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2025 | Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2025 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2025 | Rules suspended |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2025 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2025 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2025 | Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2025 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2025 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| House | Jan 21, 2025 | Read third time and passed House (55-Y 41-N) |
| House | Jan 20, 2025 | Read second time and engrossed |
| House | Jan 17, 2025 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 15, 2025 | Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) |
| House | Jan 14, 2025 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 10, 2025 | Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| House | Jan 3, 2025 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| House | Jan 3, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100390D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | Feb 12, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 3, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) | 01/14/2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) | 01/15/2025 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) | 02/6/2025 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) | 02/7/2025 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
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| Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) | 02/10/2025 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
